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His great profile has adorned the masthead this month... now he can be a permanent part of your mantelpiece (because having him around as a ghost worked out so well in a play a few years back).

NitrateVillains can register to win one of two copies of Kino's new John Barrymore Collection box set directly from Kino, containing:

• Sherlock Holmes, the first-ever release of this long-sought title in its much-improved restoration by George Eastman House, with Barrymore as the great detective, Roland Young as Watson, and Gustav von Seyffertitz as the hairiest Moriarty ever, accompanied by our own Ben Model

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, featuring Barrymore's outstanding performance of the transformation from debonair Jekyll to demonic Hyde, mastered from 35mm with music by our own Rodney Sauer and the Mont Alto orchestra

• Tempest, a ripsnorting Russian melodrama with Barrymore as a cavalier cavalier caught up in romance and revolution, gorgeously shot by Charles Rosher and with Oscar-winning design by William Cameron Menzies; piano score by William Perry

• The Beloved Rogue, another art direction triumph for William Cameron Menzies in high Expressionist mode, with Barrymore as the roguish poet Francois Villon and Conrad Veidt as the reptilian Louis XI; plus piano score by William Perry and filmed introduction by Orson Welles

Street date for this set is July 7, list price is $59.95 (though order directly from Kino to save). To enter to win one of these two copies, go to the promotional page here. (Sorry, US and Canada NitrateVillains only.)

Kino has posted a clip from Sherlock Holmes-- the scene where he and Dr. Moriarty first cross paths. It's a good scene and you'll see how much better the quality of the Eastman House restoration is than prints you've probably seen in the past:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBXmxqYcI0Q

A nice little taste of Ben Model's score, too. So be sure and register to win a copy of this set at the link in the original post.

Okay, and the two winners are... Stuart Cook, and Rob Kozlowski, a fellow Chicagoan (though I don't think we've ever met) who blogs about old movies sometimes here.

Thanks again to Kino for this NitrateVille exclusive drawing.

Mike Gebert wrote:Okay, and the two winners are... Stuart Cook, and Rob Kozlowski, a fellow Chicagoan (though I don't think we've ever met) who blogs about old movies sometimes here.

Thanks again to Kino for this NitrateVille exclusive drawing.

Thank YOU! Alas, I rarely if ever make it to events because of my busy schedule, but I feel like I've met everybody already.